Why do most economies in the world today operate somewhere in between a market economy and a command economy?

Most economies have found they need a mix of free market and some government control to be successful and protect consumers.

Most consumers want government control of the economy.

Government control makes a market economy more profitable.

Government control of some aspects of the economy has never been successful in the modern world.

What is "economic specialization"?

producing those goods a country can make most efficiently so they can trade them for goods made by others that cannot be produced locally

directly swapping goods from one country to another without having to use money

trying to avoid investing in industry and technology because of the expense involved

producing all goods and services needed for a country's growth, so that trade with other countries is not needed

They are free market economies.

OPEC keeps the price of oil high on the world market

Countries in OPEC are able to share water resources with each other.

The organization sets up tariffs to protect Southwest Asian manufacturing

OPEC makes it possible for Southwest Asian countries to buy oil at low prices.

Capitalist (Laws of Supply and Demand)

people (productions based on supply and demand)

subsistence farmers (grow just enough to feed family)

custom and habit (do what ancestors did)

government planners (public control)

To regulate the supply and price of oil

To help the Palestinians in their problems with Israel

To design new machinery to get oil out of the ground

To keep countries that are not members from producing any oil

Products a country makes best that are demand on the world market.

A limit on the amount of foreign goods that can come into a country.

Anything that slows downs or prevents one country from exchanging goods with another.

A tax placed on goods when they are brought into one country from another country.